Goddy Ikeh
Nigeria’s Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Oil), Mr. Heineken Lokpobiri, says local refineries will help in reducing the prices of refined petroleum products as well as the country’s dependence on imported fuel.
Nigeria’s local oil firm, Heritage Energy says it plans to raise daily crude production from 45,000 barrels per day to 100,000 bpd in 2030.
The Nigerian Gas Association (NGA) has called for urgent reforms to address the overlapping laws and regulations in the gas sector, saying this has continued to increase the cost of doing business in the sector.
The price of OPEC basket of 12 crudes stood at $72.55 a barrel on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, compared with $72.14 the previous day, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations.
Ghana’s Ministry of Health (MoH) has launched the MahamaCares, which is also known as the Ghana Medical Care Trust Fund and inaugurated a technical task force to oversee its establishment.
Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, says that 94 Ghanaians were deported from the United States in 2024 as part of the US government’s intensified immigration crackdown.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) says that the reforms in the Toil and gas sector, driven by the enactment of the Petroleum Industry Act 2021 and Executive Orders issued by Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, attracted about $17 billion in foreign investment in 2024.
The African Development Bank Group has signed an agreement with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) based in Ibadan, Nigeria to finance Phase II of the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation programme.
The former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has described the N15.6 trillion Lagos-Calabar Coastal highway project as wasteful and corrupt.
The Nigerian Government has started the review of its Bilateral Air Service Agreement process with Jamaica to enable a direct flight arrangement between both countries.